Sealing FITech connectors from elements

[Tom Lins]

What have other's done to seal the connectors on the cable that connects the display panel to the FITech?
The one connector is a standard automotive connector but the other one is a just a standard multi-conductor mini-plug that water/dirt can get into.
Or am I over thinking this.

14 years as a Phone company repairman in the Northeast makes me respect the weather.

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Tom Lins
St Augustine, FL
77 GM Rear Twin, Dry Bath, 455, FI-Tech EFI
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[d c *mac* macdonald]

The "Deutsch" connectors are about the best available. Biggest problem is finding, borrowing, or buying the proper tool that does the perfect job of crimping the pins to the wires.

D C "Mac" Macdonald​
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Since 30 November '53​
USAF and FAA, Retired​
Member GMCMI & Classics​
Oklahoma City, OK​
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Subject: [GMCnet] Sealing FITech connectors from elements

What have other's done to seal the connectors on the cable that connects the display panel to the FITech?
The one connector is a standard automotive connector but the other one is a just a standard multi-conductor mini-plug that water/dirt can get into.
Or am I over thinking this.

14 years as a Phone company repairman in the Northeast makes me respect the weather.

--
Tom Lins
St Augustine, FL
77 GM Rear Twin, Dry Bath, 455, FI-Tech EFI
Manuals on DVD
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bdub.net%2Ftomlins%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3c1f4453dda94a7c737508d6a3128c03%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636875697378484289&sdata=P3AFFooj4TFyscU8q8R7Jc1McbKJlHQqXjz%2Fs9BKJpg%3D&reserved=0

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[Tom Newell]

Full respect for your outlook toward conductor corrosion.

About 4 blocks from the breakwater at the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles, here. So not weather so much as salty fog.

So I have a Wheel Horse garden tractor with an 16 horsepower Kolher, which means it will pretty much shake your fillings out with vibration.

What I did on the old-style open-back connectors was to slather the back end with a "liquid electrical tape" product. A bunch of coats and it will
build up nicely and look almost "molded". This scheme has held up well for several years with all that heat and vibration. So good.

Also, I used the same product to sort of seal up a crumbling Deutsch type connector on my pickup (big block, so hot) and that effort has also worked
well. And it is on a connector for the ignition box, so more sensitivity than a light bulb.

Might be worth a try for your piece of mind.

Good luck,

Tom Newell
San Pedro, California